Doctoral Dissertation Research: Child Care Workers in Context: A Study of Family Day Care Providers in Illinois

博士论文研究：儿童保育工作者的背景：伊利诺伊州家庭日托提供者的研究

• 批准号: 0221299
• 负责人: Naomi Gerstel
• 金额: $ 0.7万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0221299&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Child; Care

This dissertation compares professionalization and unionization as means for promoting the interests of family child-care workers. Initially, qualitative methods will investigate two Illinois campaigns representing each strategy. The professionalization and unionization campaigns differ in their reliance on child development experts or grassroots organizers; in their advocacy of better training and certification or their emphasis on worker solidarity; and in their state lobbying efforts for higher child care standards or increased pay for workers. Surveys will evaluate the success of each type of campaign in mobilizing support among child care workers. The study expects the unionization campaign to be more attractive to lower income child care workers while the professionalization campaign should be better supported by the child care workers who are already better educated.

本文比较了职业化和工会化作为促进家庭保育工作者利益的手段。 最初，定性方法将调查两个伊利诺伊州的运动代表每一个战略。 专业化和工会化运动的不同之处在于：它们依赖儿童发展专家或基层组织者;它们倡导更好的培训和认证或强调工人团结;它们在州一级游说提高儿童保育标准或增加工人工资。 调查将评估每种运动在动员儿童保育工作者支持方面的成功。 这项研究预期，组织工会运动对低收入的幼儿工作者更具吸引力，而专业化运动应得到教育程度较高的幼儿工作者的更好支持。